High performance depends on the ability to disagree well. Teams perform at their best when people feel safe enough to test ideas, challenge assumptions and surface risks. Healthy conflict is one of the strongest predictors of strategic clarity, speed of execution and long term resilience. For top tier leaders, the question is not how to eliminate tension, but how to channel it into better decisions and stronger alignment.

Admitting uncertainty can feel risky. It exposes vulnerability in a role often defined by authority. Yet that honesty often builds more credibility than a confident but empty answer.